Improvement in pad-saddles



S. HERR. PAD-SADDLE 17 55g Patented Nov .30,1875.

N-PETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON HERE-OF BLUFFTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAD-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 1 70,559, datedNovember 30, 1875; application tiled November 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON HERB, of Bluffton, in the county of Allen andState of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pad-Saddlesfor Harness; and I do hereby declare the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, its construction and operation, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification,in which Figure l is a view in perspective, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view, of the invention.

This invention relates to an improvement in pad-saddles for harness; andconsists of a flexible pad-saddle having two separated upwardly flangedand curved metallic plates for the reception of the back strap or band,and for holding the pad-saddle itself in proper shape, held in placebetween the back-strap and padface by screws and terret shanks passedthrough the back-strap, metallic plates, and

the pad-face into nuts secured in the pad itself, all of which willhereinafter more fully appear.

Similar letters of reference on the accompanying drawing indicate likeparts of the invention.

The upper face of the pad A is composed of a strip, B, of leather, to orbeneath which are secured the nuts 0, for the reception of the screws Eand the shanks D of the terrets F. The lower leather of the pad A ispreferably secured to the strip B by tacking the edges of the former tothe top of the latter. Upon the pad-face G are placed the check-hook Hand the back strap or band I. The back strap or band I is stitched tothe pad-face G on each side of the check-hook H, and the usualscrewfastening is passed through the straps I and G and check-hook H, toprevent the latter from being withdrawn. Two metallic plates, K K,curved to conform, in a measure, to the shape of the animals back at thesides, and provided with upwardly-projecting flanges L L, are placedupon the pad-face G, one upon each side of the check-hook H, and at ashort entered between the flanges L L of the metal plates K K, andappropriately stitched to the points of the pad-face G. The screws E andterrets F are then driven to place, by passing them, through the holesprovided for that purpose in the back-strap I, metallic plates K K, andpad-face'G, into the nuts 0 provided for their reception in the interiorof the pad A. i

The operation of the invention is as follows, viz: When placed upon theanimals back the pad-A will rest upon the fullest parts, as at a a. Ontightening the pad by means of the girth the lower ends or points of thepad'will be drawn toward the animals body. The parts a, a of the padwill act as fulcrums, and cause the bridge or flexible joint 0 to riseupward from the animals spine, thereby bringing'the weight of the saddleon the swells a a of the soft pad A. The plates K K stiffen the saddle,hold it in shape, and yet permit the pad to be soft and pliable, therebyavoiding abrasion or chafing of the animals back.

I am aware that pad-saddles having metallic center caps. to whichmetallic plates have been connected by metallic joints, are now in use,and I therefore make no claim to a padsaddle having a metallic center,whether flexible or otherwise but What I do claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The flexible pad-saddle, having the separated upwardly-flanged metallicplates for the reception of the back strap or band, and held in place asherein shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvements, as abovedescribed, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 3d day of November,1875. v

- SIMON HERB. [L. 8.]

Witnesses:

O. S. LANGAN, JAMES WILsoN.

